Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012

                                    Federal agencies that contribute to EPA's environmental goals, and how they make a difference.
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1. Climate Change and Improving Air Quality
2. Protecting America's Waters
3. Cleaning Up and Sustainable Development
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Department of Commerce

EPA Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters

National Estuarine Research Reserve System

Purpose
The NOAA - National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) was created out of the Coastal Zone Management Act. NERRS currently encompasses 26 estuarine field sites that are operated by state agencies and universities, in partnership with Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management's Estuarine Reserves Division. The system develops programs for species and habitat protection, habitat restoration, and pollution control in nearly 440,000 acres of U.S. land and water. Each estuarine reserve works to implement long-term science programs that will provide crucial information about how coastal ecosystems function, how human activity impacts them, and methods for improving their conditions.

Source(s) of Information
1. NOAA: National Estuarine Research Reserve System

Related EPA Program(s)

National Estuary Program/Coastal Waterways:
Grants and technical assistance to the National Estuary Program and to other coastal watersheds. The goal of this program is to restore the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of the national estuaries and coastal watersheds by protecting and enhancing water quality and living resources.

Authorizing Legislation
• Clean Water Act, sections 320 and 104
• 1990 Great Lakes Critical Programs Act
• 2002 Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act
• Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000
• Protection, and Restoration Act of 1990
• North American Wetlands Conservation Act
• Water Resources Development Act
• 1909 The Boundary Waters Treaty
• 1978 GLWQA
• 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
• 1987 Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances
• 1996 Habitat Agenda
• 1997 Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Bi-national Toxics Strategy
• Coastal Wetlands Planning

Other Programs under Goal 2
Other Programs from DOC


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